For the first time ever, country music legends Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton have joined forces to perform Reba’s iconic hit ‘Does He Love You.’ Their duet has taken the internet by storm, with the music video going viral on Reba’s YouTube channel, racking up over 250K views in just a few days….
Parton said the pair recorded a new version of Reba’s hit, ‘Does He Love You.’
Two of country music’s top superstars have teamed up for the first time ever to record a duet.
During an appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Dolly Parton revealed that she and Reba McEntire recorded a song together for Reba’s next album.
Parton said the pair recorded a new version of Reba’s hit, ‘Does He Love You.’ The song was first released in 1993.
“It turned out really good because I’ve always wanted to sing with her and don’t know why we never did it until now. But we really sounded good together. I think the fans are going to like it,” Parton said.
Two of country music’s most renowned icons, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, have made something of a resurgence in mainstream media this year.
McEntire released a book, Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots, and Parton did, too: Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones. She also has a rock record coming out later this month.
I had the opportunity to sit down with McEntire recently, and one of the things I wanted to know is whether she remembered the first time she ever met Parton.
“The first time I was ever in her presence was September 17, 1977. It was my first time at the Grand Ole Opry,” she says, reciting the exact date she saw her in the flesh. “I was gonna get to do two songs, and they came to me and said, ‘Well, we’re gonna have to take one of your songs,’ and I said, ‘Why?’ They said, ‘Well, Dolly Parton just pulled in the parking lot and we’re gonna give her one of your songs.'”
I could tell as McEntire was describing the experience that was being genuine — the memory was very vivid to her.
“I said, ‘She can have both of them. Can I meet her?'” she recalls “I didn’t meet her, but she did walk in front of me, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life.’ She kinda floated by. She was just like an angel.”
One would draw the conclusion that the two ladies were in heavy competition during the ’80s and ’80s, but McEntire says no way — that wasn’t the case at all.
“Not competition with Dolly. No. I am not a competitor with Dolly,” she insists. “Dolly’s Dolly. I’m a little over here. Dolly, you know .. she’s everything. I’ve always looked up to her. I’ve watched. I’ve learned. I have listened.”
McEntire went on to talk about her favorite projects, saying: “My favorite album, two of my favorite albums, is Dolly Parton’s first album, Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, and Carole King’s Tapestry. I love story songs. I love the intimacy of them telling you a private story about their lives through a song.”
Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 120 country radio stations nationwide, every night from 7PM to midnight. He plays the best new country music and interviews today’s top stars, like Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, Morgan Wallen, + more!
